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  <p><a href="class_reference_inptpolcy.html#introduction">Introduction</a><br>
    <a href="class_reference_inptpolcy.html#header_synopsis">Header 'wave/cpp_iteration_context.hpp' 
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<h2><b><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</b></h2>
<p>The input policy type may be specified as a template parameter to the <tt>wave::context</tt> 
  object and is used for customizing the way, how an included file is to be represented 
  by a pair of iterators pointing to the beginning and the end of the resulting 
  input sequence. If this template parameter is not given while instantiating 
  the context object, it defaults to the <tt>iteration_context_policies::load_file_to_string</tt> 
  type. </p>
<h2><b><a name="header_synopsis"></a>Header <a href="http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/browser/trunk/boost/wave/util/iteration_context.hpp">wave/iteration_context.hpp</a> 
  synopsis</b></h2>
<p>The following code listing does not show the required interface only, but for 
  brevity reasons the whole implementation of an input policy, which loads the 
  given file into a string variable and exposes the begin() and end() iterators 
  of this string to the <tt>Wave</tt> library.</p>
<pre><span class="keyword">namespace</span> boost {
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> wave {
<span class="keyword">namespace</span> iteration_context_policies {

    <span class="keyword">struct</span> load_file_to_string {
    
        <span class="keyword">template</span> &lt;<span class="keyword">typename</span> IterContext&gt;
        <span class="keyword">class</span> inner {
        
        <span class="keyword">public</span>:
            <span class="comment">// expose the begin and end iterators for the</span>
            <span class="comment">// included file</span>
            <span class="keyword">template</span> &lt;typename Position&gt;
            <span class="keyword">static</span> 
            <span class="keyword">void</span> <a href="class_reference_inptpolcy.html#init_iterators">init_iterators</a>(IterContext&iter_ctx, 
                Position const &act_pos)
            {
                <span class="keyword">typedef typename</span> IterContext::iterator_type iterator_type;
                
                <span class="keyword">std::ifstream</span> instream(iter_ctx.filename.c_str());
                if (!instream.is_open()) {
                    CPP_THROW(preprocess_exception, bad_include_file, 
                        iter_ctx.filename, act_pos);
                }
                
                iter_ctx.instring = <span class="keyword">std::string</span>(
                    <span class="keyword">std::istreambuf_iterator</span><char>&lt;char&gt;(instream.rdbuf()),
                    <span class="keyword">std::istreambuf_iterator</span><char>&lt;char&gt;());

                iter_ctx.first = iterator_type(iter_ctx.instring.begin(), 
                    iter_ctx.instring.end(), 
                    PositionT(iter_ctx.filename));
                iter_ctx.last = iterator_type();
            }

        <span class="keyword">private</span>:
            <span class="keyword">std::string</span> instring;
        };
    };

}   <span class="comment">// namespace iteration_context_policies</span>
}   <span class="comment">// namespace wave </span>
}   <span class="comment">// namespace boost </span>  </pre>
<p>As you can see, an <tt>input_policy</tt> for the <tt>wave::context</tt> object 
  should implement one function only, the init_iterators function. The policy 
  shown is implemented with the help of an embedded class to avoid the need for 
  template template parameters, which aren't implemented by all systems today. 
  This embedded class should have the name <tt>inner</tt>.</p>
<h3><a name="template_parameters"></a>Template Parameters</h3>
<p>The <tt>inner</tt> class is instantiated with one template parameter, the iteration 
  context type, from which the policy is a part of. The iterator type <tt>iterator_type</tt> 
  which is used to access the underlying input stream has to be derived through 
  a typedef as shown. The iterator pair to initialize (which is accessible as 
  <tt>iter_ctx.first</tt> and <tt>iter_ctx.last</tt>) has to initialized from 
  an arbitrary iterator type, representing the actual input stream.</p>
<h3><a name="member_functions"></a>Member Functions</h3>
<p><a name="init_iterators"></a><b>init_iterators</b></p>
<pre>    <span class="keyword">template</span> &lt;<span class="keyword">typename</span> Position&gt;
    <span class="keyword">static void</span> init_iterators(
        IterContext iter_ctx, 
        Position const &act_pos);</pre>

    <p>directive was found in the input token stream. The main rationale for this 
    function is to initialize the pair of iterators <tt>iter_ctx.first</tt> and 
    <tt>iter_ctx.last</tt>, which are to be used to access the input stream corresponding 
  to the include file to be inserted from inside the preprocessing engine.</p>
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